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5 months in jail for assault on visitor
Tuesday 25 May 2010 | Published in National
JP Tangi Tuoro presided over the following cases in the high court last week: Travel Tangatapoto – pleaded guilty to assault on a female and one unlawfully found charge. Police highlighted that the incident impacted not only the victim, but also the Cook Islands tourism industry, as the victim was a tourist and the incident […]
Police attend media workshop in Samoa
Tuesday 25 May 2010 | Published in National
At the beginning of the month, two members of the Cook Islands police force attended a five-day media seminar in Apia, Samoa that focused on the way that building a relationship with the media can improve community confidence. The seminar was funded by the Australian Federal Police Pacific Police Development Program and attracted 20 participants […]
Promoting Pacific ICT development
Tuesday 25 May 2010 | Published in National
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) are working together to identify opportunities for joint information and communication technology initiatives in the Pacific islands. The partnership became official when ADB and SPC signed a letter of agreement this month, enabling SPC to join an existing ADB regional technical assistance […]
Red Cross thanks community for support
Tuesday 25 May 2010 | Published in National
Cook Islands Red Cross would like to extend a very big thank you to all those who contributed wholeheartedly to our Door Knock Appeal last Monday. The appeal ended up generating $6194.80 in donations to aid and assist future Red Cross projects. A big meitaki maata also to all the schools who accepted our invitation […]
Tourist hits dog at Nikao
Tuesday 25 May 2010 | Published in National
A tourist escaped serious injury after hitting a dog at Nikao. Police say on Friday afternoon, a tourist was driving a motorbike on the back road at Nikao when a dog darted in front of him. The driver collided with the dog and fell off his bike, but was not seriously injured. Police also responded […]
Minister to speak in Uruguay
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in Environment
Environment minister Cassey Eggleton has left for Punta del Este, Uruguay, to attend the forth session of the Assembly on the Global Environment Facility (GEF) which takes place on May 24–28. Eggleton is only the second minister to travel overseas on official business since prime minister Jim Marurai put a freeze on overseas travel in […]
Graham officially named Mauke Demo candidate
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in Local
Hugh Graham has been officially confirmed as the Democratic Party candidate for Mauke. It also looks likely that he will resign as a Manukau City Councillor in the next couple of days and will not be return to New Zealand any time soon. Mauke MP Mapu Taia, the executive and members of the Democratic Party […]
Originality in dance
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in Local
The golden oldies and papaa (visitor) dancer of the year competitions held on Friday night were a huge success with 10 mama and papa dancers wowing the crowd that packed into the Hideaway Bar courtyard for the show. Golden oldies contestant Casper Mateariki (above) had the crowd in stitches when he dedicated his chant to […]
Queen's Baton excites island
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in Local
Rarotonga put on a colourful reception for the Queen’s Baton Relay on Saturday with anyone and everyone invited to hold and touch the baton. Villages around the island went all out to decorate the roadsides and welcome the baton for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Anyone standing along the side of the road was invited […]
Thunderous turou for Queen's Baton
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in National
The Queen’s Baton Relay around Rarotonga was a colourful and joyous occasion as each tapere, village and vaka staged a thunderous turou (welcome) into their area. The baton arrived on Friday night carried by 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games organising committee representative Brianca Negi. Negi and the baton were treated to a cultural performance and welcome […]
Police outreach
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in National
Police are cordially inviting members of ethnic community groups to attend a second community meeting on Tuesday May 25 at 6 pm. An overwhelming response from the previous meeting in April has sparked interest from other organisations. The meeting will focus on building and strengthening police’s relationship with people from ethnic communities and allow police […]
Quitting Manukau for Mauke
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in National
Hugh Graham, a first-term Manukau City councillor, was given a verbal serving in the New Zealand press last week by Manukau Mayor Len Brown last week over his extended absence from council, while he had been in the Cook Islands. Graham hit back yesterday saying Brown was aware of and agreed to his absence and […]
Muri sanitation to be overhauled
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in Environment
Indications are that the NZ$4.72 million provided by the EU to improve Muri lagoon’s rapidly deteriorating water will be put into overhauling sanitation in the area. Fiona Ramsey, Second Secretary of the EU delegation to the Pacific, says “the data collected on sewage treatment and the latest water quality data points towards the main cause […]
It all ends up in the lagoon
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in Environment
Ka kokoti kotou i toku meitaki E taringa tona, ka akarongo mai.
Come to Lagoon Day!
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in Environment
Lagoon Day 2010 is on Thursday May 27 from 8.30am to 4pm and Friday May 28 from 8.30am to 3pm. It’s an open air expo where public, private sector and non-government organisations unite in an effort to raise awareness of our lagoon problems and most importantly, to provide solutions. It is the public face of […]
PM won't comment
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in Local
Once again prime minister Jim Marurai (above) has refused to speak to CI News on an issue of enormous concern to the Cook Islands people. There will be no word from the PM on Toagate, despite repeated requests for comment or for reassurance for the Cook Islands people from the nation’s leader. The prime minister’s […]
Dog identifies drugs at airport
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in Local
Police and customs have arrested a 20-year-old male after he was identified by the police drug dog at the airport on Tuesday night. The person was a local returning from overseas and found to be in possession of cann- abis. “This is a warning to others that the authorities are taking a hard stand at […]
Workers want justice
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Workers Association (CIWA) says someone needs to be brought to justice and made to pay the penalty for the Toa Petroleum debacle. In a statement CIWA president Anthony Turua said Tuesday’s judgement in favour of Apex Agencies ranks right up there with other major corruption in the country, including the failed Sheraton […]
Mozzie spray 'basically useless'
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in Local
Melinda Ponga. “/> Concerns have been raised that the chemical the Ministry of Health (MOH) is proposing to use to control mosquitoes will be ineffective. Melinda Ponga, who led a campaign in 2008 to stop the government using the mosquito spray Reslin, believes that the proposed spray Key Pyrethrum is “basically a useless product” unless […]
Recovery plans going forward
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in National
By Vaine Wichman During a recent visit to Aitutaki, I chatted with women leaders on how things were moving with the recovery plan since Cyclone Pat destroyed homes and lives in February. Disasters impact people in different ways. A few sit back and complain and wish for things to get back to normal right away. […]
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